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l/VILLIAM D. FEBRIS, F SHARON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 SHARON HARDWARE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 0F SHARON, PENNSYLV A CORPORATION.

DOOR-HANGER.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented @et I6, MM s Application led February 19, 1917i l Serial YEsto. 149,45.

To all trimm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. Farms, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Sharon, county of Mercer, and State of Pennsylvania, havefinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates-to door hangers, and has for its object to provide a hanger particularly adapted for double doors, the sections of which are hingedly connected.

A further object of this invention is to provide a. door hanger which may be used i on a track lying parallel throughout its entire length to the supporting frame or door janib.

A still further object of theinvention is to provide a hanger rhaving a pivotal connection with the door supported thereby, and having a stop limiting the travel of the carrying sheaves on the track when the door is moved to closed position.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a door hanger which may be interchangeably used on either right or .left opening doors.

These objects, together with attendant advantages will be apparent as the invention becomes better understood by reference to the specification, and drawings forming a part thereof, throughout the several views of which like characters of reference have been used to indicate like parts.

Referring to the drawings Figure l is a front view of right and left double doors equipped with my improved hanger, one of the doors being shown in open position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a double door in open position with the hanger secured thereto.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the door shown in Fig. Q in partly closed position.

It has heretofore been proposed to provide double doors with hangers by means of which it was possible to move the doors to open position, in which .position they nested parallel to the building to which they were applied. In such constructions 1t has been necessary to provide a specially designed bracket and tracks either curving away from the door janib, or lying at an inclination thereto. One of the disadvantages of such a construction is that it is necessary for a dealer to carry separate brackets and tracks jacent the door frame and secured in position by means of suitable brackets or angle irons 3. In order to show the possibility of using the hanger with doors opening in opposite directions I have shown the samein Fig. l as applied to right and left opening double doors 4 and 4 respectively. For the sake of clearness a set of doors is shown in each extreme position.

The hanger in its preferred form may comprise a carrier 5 preferably channel shaped and secured at its upper end to a yoke 6, the opposite ends of which are bifurcated or spaced to provide journals for the grooved carrying sheavesv 7. The carrier may have a'stud 8, or the like, projecting from its lower side tol form a pivotal mounting for the doorv connecting link 9. The outer end of the link is formed With an opening for the reception of the pin rigidly secured to the plate ll carried by the inner section of each of the double doors.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that doors equipped with my improved hanger may be opened and closed in a minimum amount of space. Referring more particularly to Fig. 3, the different positions assumed by the door sections in their travel from closed to open position, or vice versa, may be readily understood. During such movement the link 9, pivotally connected at each end, swings freely with each change in the angular relationship between the door sections and the door frame. In fully opened position, as shown more clearly in F ig. 2, the link extends over a portion of each of the door sections so that the same may lie flat against the building. In prior door structures in which a plurality of hinged doors are used, the hanger mechanism is suoli that when the doors arey open they extend at right angles to the hanger track and in such position obstruct more or less of the door opening; but with my invention, the door sections, when opened, turn necessary that the door sections, when opened, should be exactly parallel with the track, but this purpose of the invention will be accomplished if the sectionsA are'turned sufhciently beyond a right angle to leave the door opening unobstructed; and it is' such meaning, that l wish attached to the expression substantially parallel to each other and to the track, as used in the claims.

Unlessa stop or the like is provided with the construction already described, the carrying sheaves instead of occupying the full line position A shown in Fig. l, may readily travel to what may be termed the interfering position B indicated in dotted lines. in such event closing of the other set of doors would be rendered comparatively diiiicult. For this reason I have shown the carrier as provided with a downwardly projecting stop l2 adapted to intercept the link 9 during its swinging motion, and limit the movement of the same. This insures a travel of the carrying sheaves in the direction of the arrow C during the final closing movement of the door, whereby they are prevented from ex tending beyond the center of the track into interfering position. lf a single set of doors is used, the stop makes it possible to utilize a comparatively short section of track without fear of derailment.

l/Vhile l have described the preferred embodiment of 'my invention it will be obvious that changes may be made therein within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Let` ters Patent, is

l. ln a door structure, the combination of la straight track rigidly mount-ed parallel'to the door opening, a plurality of hingedly connected doors the outer one of which is hinged at one side of said door opening, a hanger mounted to travel on said track, and means connecting said hanger with the inner door allowing it to move laterally of the track in a manner permitting said doors to fold back substantially parallel to each other and to said track.

2. n a door structure, the combination of a straight track rigidly mounted parallel to the door opening, a plurality of hingedly connected doors the outer `one of which is hinged at one side of said door opening, a hanger mounted to travel on said track, and a horizontally swinging member extending between said door hanger and the inner door and pivotally connected to both in manner permitting said doors to fold back substantially parallel tov each other andy to said track.

3. ln a door structure, the combination ofv a straight track rigidly mounted parallel to the door opening, a plurality of hingedly connected doors, the outer door having a fixed hinge, a hanger mounted to travel on said track, a horizontally swinging member extending between said door hanger and the inner door and pivotally connected to both in manner permitting said doors to fold back substantially parallel to each other and away from the door opening, and means for preventing the movement of said hanger into interfering position. s

4. ln a door structure, the combination of a straight rail rigidly mounted parallel to the door frame, a plurality of hingedly connected doors, the outer door having a fixed hinge, a door hanger movable on said rail, and means connecting'said hanger and the inner door comprising a stud extending downwardly from the hanger, a plate secured to the door and having a pin extending upwardly therefrom, and a link connecting said stud and pin below the hanger and above the door, whereby the latter may be folded back parallel to the other door and the track.

5. ln a door structure, the combination of a suitable support; a plurality of hingedly connected doors, the outer one of which is hinged to said support; a track fixed with relation to said support and parallel therewith throughout its entire length; a hanger movable upon said track, and a link conkfnecting said hanger and one of the inner doors, said link having a limited rotative movement above the door and below the hanger.

6. in a door structure, the combination of a suitable support, a plurality of hingedly connected doors, the outer one of which is hinged to said support, a track fixed with relation to said support and parallel therewith throughout its entire length, a hanger movable upon said track, said hanger comprising a carrier having a stud projecting downward therefrom, a `pin projecting above the inner door, a stop projecting downward from-said carrier, and a link pivotally connected with said stud and pin and adapted, as the doors are opened, to abut against said stop.

ln testimony whereof. I have affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses. WILLIAM D. FERRS.

litnesses: FRED T. TRUIT,

EUGENE E. ANDERSON. 

